Photo: The Kuujjuaq Ummimaks and Iqaluit Icemen face off

NUNATSIAQ NEWS

Jobie Tukkiapik, the president of Makivvik Corp. and chair of First Air's board of directors, drops the puck in a ceremonial opening faceoff Jan. 25 for a game between the Kuujjuaq Ummimaks and the Iqaluit Icemen played at the Kuujjuaq Forum. Kuujjuaq's team captain Richard Adams, number 20 (in white), and Iqaluit captain Dwayne Twerdin, number 39, do the honours for their respective teams. Kuujjuaq won the game 15-5. It's part of a pan-Arctic event called the Northern Hockey Challenge, sponsored by First Air. (PHOTO BY ISABELLE DUBOIS)